MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS.

 
                          MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS 
                          Transactions closed in 
                            2000 valued at $10 
                              million or more 
Purchaser                 Seller                    Type of Deal 
The Ackerly Group Inc.    Elray Outdoor Advertising Acquisition 
Seattle                   New York, N.Y. 
Media and entertainment   Outdoor advertising 
company                   company 
The Ackerly Group Inc.    Fischer cos. (KJEO-TV)    Acquisition 
Seattle                   Seattle 
Media and entertainment   TV station in Fresno, 
company                   Calif. 
Allscripts Inc.           Medifor Inc.              Acquisition 
Libertyvile, III.         Port Townsend 
Software developer        Developer of Internet 
                          delivered patient 
                          education 
Altrec.com                GreatOutdoors.com content Acquisition 
Bellevue                  site from Cox Interactive 
Online outdoor and travel Media 
lifestyle retailer        Atlanta, Ga. 
                          Builder of network of 
                          city web sites 
Anthem Recording West     Internet Investments Inc. Acquisition in which 
Inc.                      (Including subsidiary     uDate.com is surviving 
Bellingham                uDate.com)                entity 
Promoter of music titles  Derby, England 
                          Internet dating service 
Apex Inc.                 Cybex Computer Products   Merger to form Avocent 
Redmond                   Corp.                     Corp. 
Seller of server console  Huntsville, Ala. 
technology                Provider of network 
                          hardware used to manage 
                          servers and data centers 
AT & T Wireless Group     Vodafone Airtouch         Acquisition of three 
Redmond                   wireless service in       wireless system 
Telecommunications        San Francisco, Calif.     markets 
                          GTE wireless service 
                          in San Diego, Calif., 
                          PrimeCo PCS 
                          wireless service in 
                          Houston, Texas 
Bank of Montreal          Freeman Welwood & Co.     Acquisition 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  Seattle 
Harris InvestorLine       Discount brokerage firm 
Chicao, III. 
Banks 
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.   Ben Bridge Jeweler        Acquisition 
Omaha, Neb.               Seattle 
Holding company           Retail jewelry stores 
Berkshire Partners LLC    TVI Inc.                  Acquisition of 50% 
Boston, Mass.             Bellevue                  stake 
Private equity firm       Budget retailer 
Best Buy Co. Inc.         Magnolia HI-FI            Acquisition 
Minneapolis, Minn.        Kent 
Consumer electronics      Consumer electronics 
retailer                  company 
The Boeing Co.            Continential Graphics     Acquisition 
Seattle                   Corp. 
Aerospace manufacturer    Los Angeles, Calif. 
                          Provider of digital 
                          information to aviation 
                          industry 
The Boeing Co.            Hughes Electronics        Acquisition 
Seattle                   El Segundo, Calif. 
Aerospace manufacturer    Satellite manufacturing 
                          division 
The Boeing Co.            Jeppesen Sanderson Inc.   Acquisition 
Seattle                   Denver, Colo. 
Aerospace Manufactuer     Publisher of flight 
                          data 
Bonds Online Inc.         Brokerage subsidiary of   Merger 
Seattle                   USABancShares.com Inc. 
Investment products and   Philadephia, Pa. 
services                  Online bank 
BP Pipelines North        Olympic Pipeline Co./GATX Acquisition of 25% stake 
America Inc.              Terminals Corp.           (brings total stake to 
Lisle, III.               Renton and Chicago, III.  62.5%) 
Unit of BP/Amaco          Liquid fuels pipeline 
Bsquare Corp.             BlueWater Sytems          Acquisition 
Bellevue                  Edmonds 
Developer of software     Provider of software tool 
for chip-based devices    kits 
Bsquare Corp.             Mainbrace Corp.           Acquisition 
Bellevue                  Sunnyvale, Calif. 
Developer of software     Developer of programs for 
for chip-based devices    windows CE 
Cell Therapeutics Inc.    PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals Acquisition 
Seattle                   Inc. 
Discovers, develops and   New York, N.Y. 
markets small molecule    Manufacturer TriOxide 
drugs for treatment of    drugs for the treatment 
cancer and immune         of leukemia and other 
diseases                  cancers 
Chiron Corp.              PathoGenesis Corp.        Acquisition 
Emeryville, Calif.        Seattle 
Develops diagnostic       Develops and markets 
products                  treatments for chronic 
                          infectious diseases 
Cobalt Networks Inc.      ChililSoft Inc.           Acquisition 
Mountain View, Calif.     Bellevue 
Server manufacturer       Software developer 
Columbia Distributing Co. G. Raden and Sons Inc.    Acquisition 
Portland, Ore.            Renton 
Beer and wine wholesaler  Beer and wine wholesaler 
                          Deal size 
Purchaser                 Date completed 
The Ackerly Group Inc.    $19.8 million 
Seattle                   February 
Media and entertainment 
company 
The Ackerly Group Inc.    $60 million 
Seattle                   August 
Media and entertainment 
company 
Allscripts Inc.           $33 million in stock 
Libertyvile, III.         May 
Software developer 
Altrec.com                $10.5 million 
Bellevue                  May 
Online outdoor and travel 
lifestyle retailer 
Anthem Recording West     $68 million 
Inc.                      May 
Bellingham 
Promoter of music titles 
Apex Inc.                 $1.04 billion 
Redmond                   July 
Seller of server console 
technology 
AT & T Wireless Group     $3.3 billion 
Redmond                   June through 
Telecommunications        December 
Bank of Montreal          $95.4 million 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  December 
Harris InvestorLine 
Chicao, III. 
Banks 
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.   At least $62 million 
Omaha, Neb.               in stock 
Holding …